Gangplank vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Gangplank
based on 893 Gangplank vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Illaoi Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Gangplank Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Illaoi as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Illaoi
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Gangplank vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Gangplank versus Illaoi matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi..
Gangplank usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Illaoi
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Gangplank or Illaoi?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when facing off against Illaoi, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Gangplank makes a good counter to Illaoi.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gangplank into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Illaoi matchups, Gangplank is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Illaoi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gangplank
Additional Information for Gangplank Players
How We Calculated Our Gangplank vs Illaoi Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Illaoi. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Gangplank versus Illaoi build include Mortal Reminder, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Illaoi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Illaoi as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Gangplank vs Illaoi matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Illaoi as Gangplank are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.